About Phillipa Smith

~MY ANCESTOR~ The daughter of REV. HENRY SMITH, the exact date of her birth & death are not known. It s presumed that she was born in England and brought to New England by her parents (mother unknown). She married John Birdseye circa 1637 in Whethersfield.

John & Phillipa were admitted to the church in Milford in the Colony of New Haven on August 23, 1640 and dismissed to the church at Stratford on March 19, 1649. She apparently died sometime between 1649 and 1688 when John married his second wife.

John & Phillipa had two known children: John Birdseye III and Joanna (Birdseye) Wilcoxson.